During the meeting, which was attended by several Kuwaiti members of parliament, they exchanged views on the latest regional and international developments, and ways and means of promoting and developing parliament-to-parliament relations.
Stressing bilateral relations as firm, Al-Rumi said the Kuwaiti-European Parliamentary Friendship Group will visit the European Parliament on May 6-8. For her part, the EU GCC relations committee member hailed the meeting as a vivid model for open and effective dialogue.
Extolling the democratic experiment in Kuwait, Nebler invited Kuwaiti members of parliament to visit the European Parliament in Brussels. Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah received a written message from Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen dealing with means of promoting bilateral relations between Kuwait and the Netherlands.
Sheikh Mohammad received the message during a meeting with the Dutch Ambassador to Kuwait Ton Boon Von Ochssee. The meeting was attended by Foreign ndersecretary Ambassador Khaled Suleiman Al-Jarallah, the acting director of the bureau of the deputy premier and foreign minister, the plenipotentiary minister, Saleh Salem Al-Loughani.
The deputy premier and foreign minister also received the United Kingdom Ambassador Frank Baker, accompanied by Iran Coordinator at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Anthony Phillipson. The British diplomat handed over a written message to Sheikh Mohammad from the British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, dealing with regional and international political issues of common concern. The meeting was attended by Al-Loughani.
Separately, the minister received a delegation of the European Parliament, specialized in European relations with GCC states, headed by Angelika Niebler, a German politician.
The meeting was attended by the Kuwaiti Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah, Mr. Al-Loughani, and the advisor at the Europe department, Qusai Al-Farhan.
